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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/snippets/install_sources_preserve_path_arg.md | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/yaml/functions/install_data.yaml | 9 |
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/install_sources_preserve_path_arg.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/install_sources_preserve_path_arg.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0bc37f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/install_sources_preserve_path_arg.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +## Added preserve_path arg to install_data + +The [[install_data]] function now has an optional argument `preserve_path` +that allows installing multi-directory data file structures that live +alongside source code with a single command. + +This is also available in the specialized `py_installation.install_sources` +method. diff --git a/docs/yaml/functions/install_data.yaml b/docs/yaml/functions/install_data.yaml index 3bb9802..191c612 100644 --- a/docs/yaml/functions/install_data.yaml +++ b/docs/yaml/functions/install_data.yaml @@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ kwargs: to install only a subset of the files. By default these files have no install tag which means they are not being installed when `--tags` argument is specified. + preserve_path: + type: bool + since: 0.64.0 + default: false + description: | + Disable stripping child-directories from data files when installing. + + This is equivalent to GNU Automake's `nobase` option. + rename: type: list[str] since: 0.46.0 |